In this lesson you are going to learn some common adjectives to describe people.
Adjectives
gammel – old
ung – young
pen – pretty, handsome
glad – happy; pleased
trist – sad
hyggelig – nice, pleasant
snill – kind
sint – angry
sur – grumpy
sterk – strong
høy – tall; high
lav – short; low
dum – dumb, stupid
flink – skillful; good at something
How to use the word “flink”
You hear “flink” in Norway all the time! “Flink” in Norwegian is used to praise people when they did something well, when they were good at something or just as an encouragement. You can say to children when they try to do something new: Så flink du er! Or you can say it to students in schools when they managed to solve a task. Or to an adult who has just done something well.
It doesn’t necessarily mean that you are very good at something in general, but that you have done something well.